Biden administration increases arms deliveries to Ukraine despite Trump's criticism

contrast to Trump's office

This offensive is in clear contrast to the strategy of the upcoming Trump administration. Donald Trump, the designated president, expressed sharp criticism of a recent step in the United States, which allowed Ukraine to operate with American weapons inside Russia. He made these remarks in an interview with the Time Magazine that was recently published.

expected aid package for Ukraine

As part of the support for Ukraine, the bid administration plans to announce an aid package of $ 500 million in the coming days, which will be financed from the stocks of the US armed forces. A high -ranking civil servant emphasized that the government mobilizes all available resources to bring the previously announced weapons to Kyiv as quickly as possible before Biden leaves office.

massive arms deliveries in the next few weeks

"The Ministry of Defense is making a historical attempt to transport massive amounts of weapons to Ukraine in the next five weeks," said the high -ranking official. "Between now and mid -January we will deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shots, thousands of rockets, hundreds of armored vehicles and other critical skills."

coordination of deliveries

Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, leads this interacting process. In November, Sullivan Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, on behalf of the President, instructed the deliveries of armored vehicles, rockets and artillery to "accelerate". The Pentagon now carries out sea transport and air transports to keep the deadlines.

bidges and mobilization in Ukraine

In the meantime, the situation remains constant: there are no US troops on site in Ukraine, and arms deliveries are carried out on the usual path through Europe. However, the official found that increasing deliveries comprises a significant number of flights and maritime traffic.

Trump expresses concerns

In an interview with time , which was led at the end of November, but only recently published, Trump has made it clear that he is decided against the decision of the bid administration to allow Ukraine to fight with US weapons inside Russia. "We only escalate this war and make it worse," said Trump. "That shouldn't have been allowed."

Trump's approaches to terminate the conflict

Mike Waltz, Trump's candidate for the position of the national security advisor, has examined suggestions to terminate the war. One of these suggestions from the former lieutenant general Keith Kellogg would establish US aid to the participation of Ukraine in peace talks with Russia. Another proposal aims to leave Russia the currently occupied area in exchange for the NATO membership of Ukraine.

collaboration with Zelensky

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has made it clear that he wants to "work directly" with Trump and believes that the war will end "faster" under his presidency. Trump and Selenskyj only met in Paris last week, together with the French President Emmanuel Macron.

While reports that the Pentagon will probably not use the entire budget of almost $ 7 billion, which was approved by the congress to arm Ukraine, the civil servant emphasized that the administration was confident of using the budget for Ukraine. Nevertheless, the high -ranking civil servant emphasized that the biggest challenge for Ukraine is not in the weapons, but in recruitment.

The need for recruitment and training

"Ukraine is currently not mobilizing enough soldiers to fill their front line units," said the official. "The United States is ready to train newly mobilized soldiers: If Ukraine mobilizes additional soldiers and sends them to training locations outside Ukraine, we will train it. But first the Ukraine has to make the decision to mobilize more soldiers."